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Antique 1870s Carte De Visite With Varmland Rifle Corps Soldier, Traditional Scandinavian Costumes From Sweden, Photo By Eurenius And Quist

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions: 2.5 x 3.9 inches. All measurements are approximate. Sold Exactly As Pictured. Antique 19th Century Eurenius & Quist, Stockholm Sweden Carte De Visite. 1860s Captain From Varmland Rifle Corps and a soldier from the Jönköping Regiment, both wearing caps equipped with a front plate and plume. Hand Painted Retouched Photograph Portrait Of Military Men In Uniform, CDV Vintage Albumen. A Photograph By Eurenius And Quist. Swedish Photographers Wilhelm Abraham Eurenius (1830-1892) And Peter Ludvig Quist (1833-1924) Founded The Photography Firm Eurenius & Quist In 1858 In Stockholm. Eurenius, Originally An Artist And Engraver, Had Taken Up Photography In The Mid-1850s And Then Caught The Attention Of Aspiring Photographer Quist, Who Had Moved To The Swedish Capital From Malmö In 1856. Their Partnership, One Of The First Professional Studios In Stockholm, Was First Located At Regeringsgatan 18 And Then From 1881 ...

Edinburg Scottland 1870s, Hand Colored Carte De Visite, Man In Traditional Scot Tartan Clothing, W K Munro Studio, Collectibles Memorabilia

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  Find Us Here: h ttps://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions: 2.5 X 3.9 Inches. All Measurements Are Approximate. Sold Exactly As Pictured. Condition: Overall Good Antique Condition. Surface Aging And Wear. Sold As Pictured. Antique 19th Century Photography Art, Edinburg Scottland 1870s, Hand Colored Carte De Visite With Man In Traditional Scot Tartan Clothing, W K Munro Studio, Collectibles And Memorabilia. Great Britain, Victorian Era Europe. Grand Tour Of Europe Souvenirs. Inked, Hand Colored. William K Munro Had A Photographic Business In Edinburgh From 1868 To 1907. Many Of His Cartes De Visite Had An Attractive Sketch On The Back - Three Cherubs, The Top One Holding A Large Old Camera. On The Back Of His Cartes De Visite Produced From His Studio At 16 North Pitt Street From 1875 To 1884, He Advertised: “Copies May Be Had At Any Time. The Negative From Which This Is Taken Is Specially Adapted For Producing An Enlarged Picture Of Any Size”. In The 1890s, He Advertis...

Italy 1870s, Hand Colored Carte De Visite With Napolitan Florist Vendor In Rome City, Naples Folk Red Dresses, Collectibles And Memorabilia

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions: 2.5 x 3.9 inches. All measurements are approximate. Sold Exactly As Pictured. Antique 19th Century Photography Art, Italy 1860s Or 1870s, A Hand Colored Carte De Visite With Napolitan Florist Vendor In Rome City, Naples Folk Red Dresses And Hair Styles, Collectibles And Memorabilia. Victorian Era Europe. Grand Tour Of Europe Souvenirs. Inked, Hand Colored. Condition: Overall good antique condition. Surface Aging and Wear. Sold as pictured. The Carte De Visite Was A Format Of Small Photograph Popularized In The Mid Of The XIX Century, It Was Patented In Paris By Photographer Andre Adolphe Eugene Disderi In The Year 1854, However The First Recorded Use Of It Was By Louis Doder In The Year 1851. This Type Of Photographs Were Usually An Albumen Print From A Collodion Negative On A Thin Paper Later Glued Onto A Thicker Card. The Reverse Usually Has Printed The Logo, Address And Information Of The Studio Or Artist Cr...

Italy 1870s, Hand Colored Carte De Visite, Street Sweeper Man, Naples Folk Clothes By Giorgio Sommer, Collectibles Memorabilia

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers   Dimensions: 2.5 x 3.9 inches. All measurements are approximate. Sold Exactly As Pictured. Antique 19th Century Photography Art, Italy 1860s Or 1870s, A Hand Colored Carte De Visite With A Street Sweeper Man, In Napoli Naples Folk Clothing, Done By The Studio Of Georges Sommer, Collectibles And Memorabilia. Victorian Era Europe. Grand Tour Of Europe Souvenirs. Giorgio Sommer (2 September 1834 to 7 August 1914) Was One Of Europe's Most Important And Prolific Photographers Of The 19th Century. Active From 1857 To 1888, He Produced Thousands Of Images Of Archaeological Ruins, Landscapes, Art Objects, And Portraits. Georges Sommer Was Born In Frankfurt (Modern Day Germany), Where He Studied Business. He Opened His First Photography Studio In Switzerland, Where He Made Relief Images Of Mountains For The Swiss Government. In 1856, Sommer Moved His Business To Naples And In 1866 Formed A Partnership With Fellow German Photo...

Ancient Greece Carian Islands, Porphyris Nisyros. Chalkon Bronze Coin Circa 380 BCE With God Poseidon And Dolphin, Fractional Drachm

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  Find Us Here:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers  Dimensions, Diameter 10 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. RARE COIN. Ancient Greece, Carian Islands, Porphyris Nisyros. Standard Circulation Coins, Years 380 To 350 BCE. AE11 Chalkon From A Drachm. Bronze With Round Irregular Shape. Hammered Technique. Weight under 2 gram. References, SNG Copenhagen 709; Hunter 1; BMC 1; HGC 6, 1349. Obverse With Bearded Head Of God Poseidon Facing Right. Reverse With Dolphin Leaping To The Right, With A Trident Below. Script In Greek With Lettering NY. According To Greek Mythology, The Island Of Nisyros Was Formed When God Poseidon Using His Trident, Cut Off A Part Of The Larger Island Of Kos And Threw It Onto The Giant Polybotes To Stop Him From Escaping During The Gigantomachy War. This Island Was Mentioned By The Poet Homer In The Iliad. Polybotes Was One Of Th...

Ancient Greek Silver Obol Coin, Cilicia, Asia Minor, 4th Century BCE, Herakles Head And Eagle On Stag Head, Numismatics And Antiquities

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  Find Us Here:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers   Dimensions, Diameter 10 mm, Weight 0.59 grams. All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. // Ancient Greece, Uncertain Cilician City, Southern Central To East Anatolia, OBOL. Standard Circulation Coins, Years 399 To 300 BCE. Value Of One Obol Equivalent To 1/16 Drachm. Silver With Round Irregular Shape. Hammered Technique. Weight under 1 gram. References, SNG France 472-473; SNG Levante 229; SNG von Aulock 5424; Gokturk 42. Obverse With Head Of Herakles, Hercules Facing Front, Wearing Nemea Lions Skin As Headdress, Surrounded By A Circular Arrangement Of Pelles. Reverse With Zeus Eagle Aetos, Standing And Facing Left On Stags Head, All Surrounded By An A Square Arrangement Of Pelles. Mythology For Deers, Cervid. Jupiter Dolichenus. Ancient Numismatics And Collectibles, Ancient Mediterranean History, Iron Age C...

Ancient Greek Cities Of Phrygia, Chalkon Bronze Coin, Apameia Circa 80 BCE With Marsyas Playing Flute And Turreted Tyche, Fractional Drachm

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 15 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Ancient Greek City States Of Phrygia, West Asia Minor, Apameia, Standard Circulation Coin, Circa 80 To 40 BCE. Value Of A Chalkon 1/48 Of A Greek Drachm. Composition, Bronze. Shape Round But Irregular. Hammered. Obverse With Turreted Head Of Turreted Tyche Or Maybe Goddess Artemis Facing Right, Bow And Quiver Over Shoulder. Reverse With Marsyas Walking Right On Maeander Pattern, Playing Flute Musical Instrument, Script In Greek At Both Sides, Right And Left With Legend Apameia Kefiso Skau. Mint At Apamea Cibotus. References, SNG Copenhagen 193, SNG von Aulock 3472, BMC Greek 74, NGC 7 674avar. // Apamea Cibotus, Apamea Ad Maeandrum (On The Maeander), Apamea Or Apameia (Ancient Greek: Ἀπάμεια, Romanized: Apámeia, Ancient Greek: Κιβωτός, Romanized: Kibōtós) W...

VERY RARE, Ancient Kingdom Of The Cimmerian Bosporus, Chalkon Bronze Coin, Circa 360 BCE. Bosporan Drachm, God Apollo And Butting Bull

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Find Us Here:  https://www.etsy.com/AllureAuctioneers/listing/4519355432   Dimensions, Diameter 7 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Issuer, Bosporan Kingdom, Also Known As Kingdom Of The Cimmerian Bosporus. Standard Circulation Coin, Circa 360 BCE To 340 BCE. Value Of A Chalkon 1/48 Of A Drachm. Composition, Bronze. Shape Round But Irregular. Hammered.  Obverse With Head Of God Apollo Facing To The Left. Reverse With Bull Butting Right; Script In Greek, With Lettering: ΘΕΟΔΟ, Translation: Theodosia (City Of). Mint Place: Theodosia, Tauric Chersonesus Modern Day Feodosiya In Ukraine. References, SNG Stancomb. SNG BM Black Sea. Frolova Fruhe Type IV. Anokhin 940. MacDonald 95. Anokhin Bosporos 82. //  NOTES: Similar Auctioned CNG 84, Lot 569 With Estimate Of $200 usd And Hammer Price Of $800 usd Not Included Buyers Fees. Described as: extremely rare, only ...

Ancient Kings Of Thrace, Lysimachus Dichalkon Bronze Coin, Circa 305 BCE To 281 BCE. Greek Drachm, Goddess Athena And Leaping Lion

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Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/AllureAuctioneers/listing/4519335487   Dimensions, Diameter 17 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Kings Of Thrace, King Lysimachus. Standard Circulation Coin, Circa 305 BCE To 281 BCE. Value Of A Dichalkon 1/24 Of A Drachm. Composition, Bronze. Shape Round But Irregular. Hammered. Obverse With Head Of Goddess Athena Facing To The Right, Wearing Crested Attic Helmet. Reverse With Lion Leaping Right; Below, Monogram Left Of A Spearhead. Script: Greek, With Lettering: Βασιλεως Λυσιμαχου, Translation: King Lysimachus. Mint Place: Lysimachia, Thracian Chersonesus. References, SNG Copenhagen 1149-1158. Muller Lysimachus 76. HGC 3.2 1758. GCV 6819 // NOTES: Lysimachos Was One Of Alexander The Great's Personal Bodyguards. Appointed Strategos (General) In Thrace And The Chersonesos After Alexander's Death. He Became One Of The Diadochi Who ...

Ancient Shekel Bronze Coin, Punic Empire, North Africa. Carthage Zeugitana 300BCE Tanit And Horse, Numismatics And Collectibles

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Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 17 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Punic Empire, North Africa. Carthage, Zeugitana. Standard Circulation Coin, Circa 300 BCE To 264 BCE. Value Of A Shekel. Composition, Bronze. Shape Round But Irregular. Hammered. Obverse With Head Of Goddess Of Rain Tanit Facing Left, Consort Of Baal Ammon And Chief Deity Patron Of Carthage. Reverse, Head A Horse Facing Right. References, MAA 57, CNP 252, SNG Copenhagen 149-150. //  NOTES: The Identity Of The Female Head Appearing On The Obverse Of The Gold And Silver Issues Is Uncertain. The Head Is A Close Imitation Of Obverse Dies From The Mint Of Syracuse Depicting The Goddesses Kore And Arethusa. Some Scholars Have Argued That This Was Simply An Imitation Of A Trusted Design And No Specific Identity Was Intended For The Figure. Other Scholars Have A...

VERY RARE, Ancient Greek Cities Of Ionia, Lebedos Bronze Coin, Circa 350 BCE, Cow With Calf And Ship Prow With Akrostolion, Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 9 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Ancient Greek Cities Of Ionia, West Asia Minor, Lebedos, Standard Circulation AE Coin, Circa 350 To 300 BCE. Composition, Bronze. Shape Round But Irregular. Hammered. Obverse With Cow Standing To The Left With Calf Below. Reverse With Ship Nao Prow With Akrostolion Oriented To The Left, Script In Greek With Lettering LEBE. References, Imhoof-Blumer in SNR 19, 108. // Ancient Numismatics And Collectibles, Ancient Mediterranean History, Iron Age Coinages, Greece, Italy, Antique Bronze Coins, Classic European Antiquities, Small Coins. // Lebedos Is A Very Interested Polys On Ancient History. According To Pausanias, The Town Was Inhabited By Carians When The Ionian Greeks Immigrated There Under The Guidance Of Andraemon, A Son Of Codrus. Strabo, However, St...

Lesbos, Ancient Greek Silver Coin, Archaic 500 BCE A Tenth Stater Of Drachm, Confronted Boars Heads, Incuse Punch, Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 8mms, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Uncertain Koinon, Lesbos Mytilene. VERY RARE Specimens. Ancient Greek Silver Alloy Billon Coin, Archaic 500 BCE To Around 480 BCE, A Tenth Stater Of Drachm. Obverse With Confronted Boars Heads In Symmetric Design. Reverse, Quadripartite Incuse Square Punch. References: Dieter Klein 348; 1999. SNG Copenhagen 287. BMC Greek 15. GCV 3488. In addition to the local coins bearing the names of the various Lesbian cities, there were two important coinages, (a) in billon, i. e. very base silver, and (b) in electrum, both of which doubtless had a general circulation throughout the island, although they appear to have emanated chiefly from Mytilene and Methymna. Billon coins were struck on two standards, the Phoenician, with a stater of about 236 grains, and the Pe...

Lesbos, Ancient Greek Silver Coin, Archaic 500 BCE A Tenth Stater Of Drachm, Confronted Boars Heads, Incuse Punch, Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 8mms, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Uncertain Koinon, Lesbos Mytilene. VERY RARE Specimens. Ancient Greek Silver Alloy Billon Coin, Archaic 500 BCE To Around 480 BCE, A Tenth Stater Of Drachm. Obverse With Confronted Boars Heads In Symmetric Design. Reverse, Quadripartite Incuse Square Punch. References: Dieter Klein 348; 1999. SNG Copenhagen 287. BMC Greek 15. GCV 3488. In addition to the local coins bearing the names of the various Lesbian cities, there were two important coinages, (a) in billon, i. e. very base silver, and (b) in electrum, both of which doubtless had a general circulation throughout the island, although they appear to have emanated chiefly from Mytilene and Methymna. Billon coins were struck on two standards, the Phoenician, with a stater of about 236 grains, and the P...

Ancient Greek Silver Coin, Caria, Halicarnassus, 4rd Century BCE, Tetartemorion Obol With Bull Heads, Numismatics And Historical Antiquities

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 5.5mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Caria, Halicarnassus (Most Probably). VERY RARE Specimens. Ancient Greek Silver Coin, Dated Between 394 To 387 BCE, Tetartemorion Quarter Part Of An Obol Of A Greek Drachm. Obverse With Confronted Bull Heads In Symmetric Design. Reverse, Incuse Punch, At The Center Head Of A Bull Facing Left. Ancient Numismatics And Collectibles, Ancient Mediterranean History, Iron Age Coinages, Greece, Italy, Antique Silver And Bronze Coins, Classic European Antiquities, Small Coins. Disclaimer: Read The Description And Watch Carefully The Images Provided. Ask Any Questions Before You Place A Purchase. We Do Our Best For Identifying And Describing The Items, However We Are No Experts In Every Field. We Offer In House Shipping But You Are Free To Arrange Your Own Shippi...

Ancient Greek Bronze Coin, Philippi Macedon, Circa 356 BCE, Hercules With Lion Skin, Tripod Offerings, Ancient Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 17 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. // Ancient Greek Bronze Coin, Philippi Macedon, Dated Between 356 To 345 BCE, Drachm Currency. Shape Round But Irregular, Hammered. Obverse With The Head Of Herakles Facing Left And Wearing Nemean Lion Skin. Reverse With Tripod, A Symbol At The Left: Club And Grain Of Wheat, Torch, M And Earn Of Grain, Bow In Bow Case, Cantharus. Script In Greek At The Right In A Vertical Line With The Word Philippi. References Bellinger Philippi Group II 7-12. The Ancient City Of Philippoi Was Originally Named CRENIDES And Was A Colony Of Thasos In The Thrace Region. King Philip II Of Macedon Conquered The City And Renamed On His Own Honor. Ancient Numismatics And Collectibles, Ancient Mediterranean History, Iron Age Coinages, Greece, Italy, Antique Silver And Bronze ...

Ancient Greek Copper Alloy Coin. Ionia, Smyrna. Dated As Between 190 To 75 BCE, Head Of God Apollo And Kithara Lyre, Hellenistic Mints

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 10 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. Ancient Greek Copper Alloy Coin. Ionia, Smyrna. Dated As Between 190 To 75 BCE. Obverse With Laureated Head Of The God Apollo Facing Right. Reverse With Lyre And Script In Greek At Both Sides, Left SMYR For Smyrna, And At Right A Monogramed Text Naming Apollo And An A Magistrate Named As Dionysios. References: SNG Copenhagen 1179 and 1180; BMC 71 6V. NOTES: At the end of the Hellenistic period, in 197 BCE, the city suddenly cut its ties with King Eumenes of Pergamum and appealed to Rome for help. Because Rome and Smyrna had no ties until then, Smyrna created a cult of Rome to establish a bond, and the cult eventually became widespread throughout the Roman Empire. As of 195 BCE, the city of Rome started to be deified, in the cult to the goddess Roma. I...

Ancient Greek Bronze Coin. Pyrrhos, King Of Epirus And Macedonia. AE18 Currency Drachm. 274 To 272 BCE, Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 17 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. // Ancient Greek Bronze Coin. Pyrrhos, King Of Epirus And Macedonia. AE18 Currency Drachm. 274 To 272 BCE. Struck At Uncertain Mint In Macedonia. Obverse With Macedonian Shield, PYR Monogram In The Center, Surrounded By Five Double Crescents With Dot In Each And Dot Between Them. Reverse With Pileus Shaped Helmet And Script In Greek BASI Beneath It, All In Wreath. No Monograms. RARE TYPE. References: SNG Alpha Bank 970; McClean 3590; Sandanski 240-242; Walcher 1306. For A Very Similar See Gitbud & Naumann Auction 15, Lot 115, April 2014. Quote Severus Alexander From NumisForums: A Pyrrhos, Although It Was Issued In Macedon Rather Than Epiros, Most Likely After Pyrrhos Left Italy And Was Duking It Out With Antigonos I Gonatas. Ancient Hellenistic Num...

Ancient Greek Bronze Coin, Macedonia, Pyrrhos of Epirus, AE Half Unit, Ca 323 BCE. Miletos Or Mylasa Mint, Collectibles Numismatics

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  Find Us Here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllureAuctioneers Dimensions, Diameter 15 mm, All measurements are approximate. Sold As Pictured. Provenance, Private Collector, Denmark, Acquired By tc&tc Private Collector in NYC 2026. // Ancient Greek Bronze Coin, Macedonia, Pyrrhos of Epirus, AE Half Unit, 336 To 323 BCE. Miletos Or Mylasa Mint. Shape Round But Irregular, Hammered. Obverse With Macedonian Shield With Dot In Three Circles In The Center, Surrounded By Five Double Crescents. Reverse Macedonian Helmet, Corn Ear At Lower Left, K At Lower Right. References: Price 2072.  Ancient Numismatics And Collectibles, Ancient Mediterranean History, Iron Age Coinages, Greece, Italy, Antique Silver And Bronze Coins, Classic European Antiquities, Small Coins. Disclaimer: Read The Description And Watch Carefully The Images Provided. Ask Any Questions Before You Place A Purchase. We Do Our Best For Identifying And Describing The Items, However We Are No Experts In Every Field. We O...